For Teachers
Training students to use corpora – for distinguishing between synonyms
A student who was studying lists of IELTS vocabulary approached me and asked for help distinguishing between the large number…
Author: brendon_albertson
For Teachers
Making group tasks for online classes with Jamboard
The problem: Something that’s bothered me about teaching on Zoom has been the inability to “pass out” materials to students…
For Teachers
Improving Vocabulary Retention – Talk about a word!
I’ve been studying Japanese since 2010, and have experimented with Anki flashcards as a way to increase my active spoken…
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Color-coded Feedback
An easy, low-tech way to add richness to your written corrective feedback. Here’s an example:
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Redefining what “authentic listening tasks” are
In one of my favorite books, “Listening Myths,” (2011) author Steven Brown says that listening is social and interactive. This…
For Teachers
Correcting Errors in Student Writing
What research tells us about written corrective feedback (WCF) Is written corrective feedback even helpful? In short, yes; it’s been…
For Teachers
Ed Tech: Hunters vs. Gatherers
How many websites have you seen with “15 great apps for teaching online,” or “top 10 apps to get your…
For Teachers
Which errors should you correct?
Why we shouldn’t correct every error How many of your students’ errors do you correct when they hand in the…
For Teachers
Where Chocolate comes from: A lesson topic with many themes
The Chocolate Business The whole process of how chocolate goes from a tree to a bar on the shelf of…